Official LRC President Joseph R Biden Thread

So a guy in Texas (Ken Paxton) who was investigated for bribery and is known as one of the more corrupt public officials has decided he has the moral authority to determine what a woman carrying a non-viable fetus and a doctor does with her own body…

This is the modern day GOP. Thats right. The political party that lost their sh!t when asked to wear a mask during an epidemic.

I have not been following this case much but wasn't it the Texas Supreme Court that stayed the abortion?

You mean the baseless bribery claims that were laughed out of court?

Democrats lie about people and their idiot followers will believe the lie to their graves because they're too stupid and lazy to actually find out the truth.

People "lost their sh*t" because they were told it was too dangerous to go surfing alone or go to church outdoors while every Democrat in the country was rioting all day every day for stupid reasons.

Yeah, didn't Mexico pay for the "beautiful wall"?

Is Comer concerned that Jack Smith and Fani Willis indicted Trump to protect him?

In 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil enforcement action against Paxton in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The SEC's complaint specifically charged Paxton with violating various provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and various provisions (including Rule 10b-5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by defrauding the Servergy investors.[251]Paxton denied the allegations.[231][252][253][254] One of the defendants and Servergy itself reached a separate settlement with the SEC, agreeing to pay $260,000 in penalties.[255]
In October 2016, U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III conditionally dismissed the complaint, finding the SEC had not alleged Paxton had any legal obligation to inform investors that he was receiving a commission, but gave the SEC two weeks to refile an amended complaint.[256][257]The SEC refiled its securities fraud claims against Paxton, making the additional allegations that Paxton and Cook's investment club required all of its members to accept the same risks on all investments and that it specifically forbade members from making money off investments of other members.[258] The SEC further alleged that Paxton did not properly disclose his Servergy ownership stake on his taxes and that he attempted to conceal the stake by at different times claiming it was his fee for legal services, that it was a gift, and that he had only received it after investing money.[255]
In March 2017, Mazzant dismissed the civil securities fraud case, ruling that Paxton had "no plausible legal duty" to inform investors that he would earn a commission if they purchased stock in a technical company that Paxton represented.[259] With the second dismissal of the case with prejudice, the SEC could not bring new action on the same claim against Paxton.[260] The dismissal of the SEC case did not have a direct impact on the state criminal case.[261][256]
Whistleblowers' allegationsedit
In October 2020, seven of Paxton's top aides published a letter to the office's director of human resources, accusing Paxton of improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other crimes, and said they had provided information to law enforcement and asked them to investigate.[262][263] The letter was signed by First Assistant Attorney General Jeff Mateer,[263][262] and the deputy and deputy attorneys general overseeing the Office's divisions for criminal investigations, civil litigation, administration, and policy.[262] Paxton denied misconduct and said he would not resign.[263][264] By the end of the month, all seven whistleblowers had left the office: three resigned, two were fired, and two were put on leave.[265]
The Associated Press reported that the allegations involved Paxton illegally using his office to benefit real estate developer Nate Paul, who had donated $25,000 to Paxton's 2018 campaign.[266] The Associated Press also reported that the allegations include the claim that Paxton had an extramarital affair with a woman, and that he had later advocated for that woman to be hired by Paul's company, World Class. Paul has acknowledged employing the woman but denied that he had done so on Paxton's behalf.[267]
In 2020, four of the former members of the Texas AG's Office sued the Office of the Attorney General, alleging that Paxton fired them for reporting misconduct to law enforcement, a form of illegal retaliation under the state's Whistleblower Act.[268][269] The four ex-employees—who had served as Paxton's deputy attorney general for legal counsel, deputy attorney general for criminal justice; deputy attorney general, and director of the law enforcement division—were fired several weeks after bringing their concerns to the FBI and Texas Rangers.[270] In 2021, the district court denied Paxton's motion to dismiss the suit.[269][268] Paxton claimed that the Whistleblower Act did not apply to allegations of misconduct by elected executive officials such as himself, and that as an elected official he must have the power to control his top lieutenants, who are high-level political appointees,[271][272] but in October 2021, the Texas Third Court of Appeals rejected his appeal, affirming the trial court's order.[273][274]
In early February 2023, following mediation, Paxton agreed to a tentative settlement in which the whistleblowers would be paid $3.3 million.[270][275] Under the settlement agreement, neither side admitted fault or liability,[275] but Paxton "accept[ed] that plaintiffs acted in a manner that they thought was right and apologizes for referring to them as 'rogue employees.'"[270][275] The settlement was contingent on securing "necessary approvals for funding" from the state.[270]Paxton then asked the state to use taxpayer funds to pay the settlement.[187]The legislature did not approve the settlement in the 2023 session.[187] The accusations raised by the whistleblowers—that Paxton abused power to assist a wealthy donor in exchange for possible benefits, specifically a home remodel—later led to his impeachment by the Texas House of Representatives in May 2023.[187]
Because a May 2023 deadline passed without payment, the settlement did not come into effect, and the suit moved to the Texas Supreme Court, which will decide the issue of whether the attorney general is subject to the Whistleblower Act.[276][277]
Also in February 2023, the U.S. Justice Department's Public Integrity Section in Washington assumed an investigation of Paxton that had previously been managed by federal prosecutors in Texas.[278]
State Bar professional misconduct lawsuit against Paxtonedit
After Paxton sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election to keep Trump in power, Galveston Democrats filed a complaint against Paxton with the State Bar of Texas, alleging that Paxton engaged in professional misconduct by raising a frivolous and unethical challenge. The Bar's chief disciplinary counsel initially dismissed the complaint, but in May 2021, that decision was reversed by the Board of Disciplinary Appeals, which found "that the grievance alleges a possible violation" of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Misconduct and ordered the Bar to investigate.[279][131][280] Similar ethics complaints against Paxton, seeking disbarment or other sanctions against him, were filed by various others,[281]including Lawyers Defending American Democracy, whose complaint was signed by four former presidents of the State Bar of Texas and a former chair of the Texas Supreme Court grievance oversight committee.[282][283][284]
In May 2022, the Bar's Commission for Lawyer Discipline sued Paxton in Collin County District Court, asking the court to find that Paxton had acted unethically in seeking to subvert the 2020 presidential election and to impose a sanction ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.[281] The Bar's filing said that Paxton had made numerous specific "dishonest" representations in his attempt to challenge the election results.[281][285] In response to the ethics lawsuit against him, Paxton claimed that the Bar was controlled by "leftists" and opened his own investigation into the Texas Bar Foundation (which is separate from the State Bar of Texas).[281] He also banned Texas AG's Office employees from speaking at any State Bar events.[285]Paxton asked the district court to dismiss the ethics complaint against him; the district court denied the motion in January 2023.[286]
In August 2023, a week before Paxton's impeachment trial started in the state Senate, fourteen lawyers filed a complaint with the State Bar of Texas, seeking to prevent Paxton from practicing law. James Harrington authored the complaint, which accuses Paxton of abuse of office and other misconduct, including bribery and organized crime. Three former State Bar of Texas presidents co-signed the complaint. They are Richard Pena (1998–99), W. Frank Newton (1997–98) and William Whitehurst (1986–87).[287]

The (NY state) Democrat party is so authoritarian that even the ACLU is actually defending freedom instead of pushing woke causes

Yes, via tariffs.

Trump says that he’ll implement a religious test for immigrants if he is elected: “If you don’t like our religion…then we don’t want you in our country.”

Don the Con couldn’t recite one Bible verse if his life depended on it. But Cheeto Jesus has his followers thinking he is anointed by God.

Real Obvi/Hooma/GEICO - I am going to do you a favor and educate you on how to calculate inflation. I am not going to insult you or call you names. No, that is not I how roll. Name-calling and insults ... let's just say I am not very impressed with people who do that. Inflation is the price increase from a year ago to current. So you have a basket of goods and for October 2022 that basket of goods cost so much. In October of 2023 that basket of goods was 5% more expensive. So the inflation for Oct. 2023 is 5%. Come November 2022 that basket of goods which had cost so much in Oct. 2022 had slightly increased. BUT though the price of the goods in the basket had slightly increased from Oct. 2022 to Nov 2022, the change from Nov. to 2022 to Nov. 2023 had miraculously increased by that same 5%. So the inflation for Nov. 2023 was 5% just like the inflation for Oct. 2022. So you had inflation of 5% for both Oct. 2023 AND for Nov. 2023. So to say that Nov. had ZERO inflation is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy wrong. You need to say this 100 times. There was no ZERO inflation for November. NOW, the RATE of inflation from Oct. 2023 to Nov. 2023 was zero. In both months the inflation was 5%. Got it now?!?

“And I will implement strong ideological screening of all immigrants. If you hate America, if you want to abolish Israel, if you don’t like our religion — which a lot of them don’t — if you sympathize with jihadists, then we don’t want you in our country, and you are not getting in.”

Unlike the pro-Hamas Democrats most Americans find this reasonable.

Wow, so you are tripling down on that idiotic notion that inflation is specifically tied to the time period of one year? JFC, you are a moron.

Inflation is, by definition, the rate of price increases. It is definitely not tied to any specific period of time than the time period that one specifies while making a particular point. One can speak of inflation over one month or one year or other periods of time.

Here's a quick reference for your use:

In addition, I'll give you a quick quiz.

1) Why does the attached link show monthly inflation rates if there is no such thing as a monthly inflation rate?

2) How did you ever get to be so stup!d?

Seriously, people sometimes claim on these boards that nobody on here is the absolute best at anything. But I suspect that you may well be stup!dest person on the planet. It is absolutely incredible.

You just didn't read anything I wrote. If Inflation for a month, e.g., (that means 'for example" ) inflation for 10/23 is 5% and the inflation for 11/23 if 5% - that doesn't mean the inflation for November is ZERO. The inflation for November 2023 is 5%. I have been way too patient here - read some books on inflation and get back to me. This is very exasperating - you have no idea of the basic concepts of inflation. But we still love you!

Army beats Navy.

Bad day to be one of those guys who's self esteem is centered around pretending they were in the Navy.

Good effort by Navy though. Great game.

Can I please join the religion of Trump? Which one is it?

My DOG! you are stup!d.

Inflation is the increase in prices over a period of time. That time period can be anything. You think in terms of 12 months. But what you think is 100% irrelevant. There is no predetermined time period.

Inflation: a continuing rise in the general price level usually attributed to an increase in the volume of money and credit relative to available goods and services - Meriam Webster

Inflation: (1) A persistent increase in the level of consumer prices or a persistent decline in the purchasing power of money.
(2) The rate at which this increase occurs, expressed as a percentage over a period of time, usually a year. - American Heritage Dictionary

Now, an extraordinarily stup!d person would pounce on the phrase "usually a year" to note, "See, they are talking about price increases over a year time period." Of course, anyone with any non-zero intelligence would note that "usually" confirms that inflation can be over any time period, but is often stated in terms of inflation over a one year period.

Inflation is a rise in prices, which can be translated as the decline of purchasing power over time. The rate at which purchasing power drops can be reflected in the average price increase of a basket of selected goods and services over some period of time. - Investopedia

The fact that you claim that "Inflation is the price increase from a year ago to current" does not make it so. Sorry, but you do not simply get to define the term. Believe it or not, just because people often react to you with "Oh my GOD, you are stup!d!" does not, in fact, make you God.

You remain perhaps the stup!dest person I have ever had the misfortune to interact with.

Sincerely, Real Obvi

Awesome!

#FJB

America is was founded in the Judeo-Christian tradition.

Everyone understands this but the idiots.